Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 (N64 import)
Version 1.1
February 21, 2000
By Jason VanEtten
Jvanette@rich.com – feel free to email me with any questions!
For those wondering if you should purchase the game – hell yeah!
Especially if you are a fan of Japanese wrestling of shoot fighting.
It has 100 premade wrestlers, and slots for 16 more on the cart. There
is an edit mode that dwarfs WrestleMania2000's, with probably 100 or
more new moves (at least). And it contains ALL the old moves from
Revenge and WM2K. So you can make ANYONE. This is the best wrestling
game ever.
I've only had this game for three days, and I plan to update this faq
by March 1, 2000. The update will include much more, so come back
soon!
This faq will cover the following:
1. Wrestler List
2. Secrets (hidden moves, objects)
3. Secrets (hidden wrestlers)
4. Guide to shoot fighting
5. Edit mode hints and secrets
6. Major Players (coming March 1, 2000)
7. Revision History
You'll be hard pressed to get the most out of this game without a
translation guide. There is a great translation guide available on
cheatcc.com written by the Icemaster. Also, http://icemaster.org is a
great site for information on this game, and other wrestling games.
You will also have a hard time playing this game if you're not familiar
with THQ wrestling games for the N64. See a faq for Wrestlemania2000
or WCW/NWO Revenge if you don't know how to play.
1. Wrestler List
AJPW 1 AJPW 2 AJPW 3
Giant Baba Toshiaki Kawada Big Van Vader
Mitsuharu Misawa Akira Taue Stan Hansen
Yoshinari Ogawa Takao Ohmori Johnny Ace
Masahito Kakihara Yoshihiro Takayama Mike Burton
Kenta Kobashi Hiroshi Hase Gary Albright
Jun Akiyama Jun Izumida Johnny Smith
Kentaro Shiga Maunakea Mossman Giant Kimala
IWGP 1 IWGP 2 IWGP Jr.
Shinya Hashimoto Masahiro Chono Jushin Liger
Tatsumi Fujinami Keiji Mutoh El Samurai
Kensuke Sasaki Hiroyoshi Tenzan Kendo Ka Shin
Shiro Koshinaka Satoshi Kojima Dr. Wagner Jr.
Manabu Nakanishi Hiro Saito Shinjiro Otani
Yuji Nagata Scott Norton Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Kazuo Yamazaki Koji Kanemoto
Tadao Yasuda
FMW, ECW, Garbage Michinoku Pro RINGS
Hayabusa The Great Sasuke Kiyoshi Tamura
Masato Tanaka Jinsei Shinzaki Tsuyoshi Kousaka
Hiromichi Fuyuki TAKA Michinoku Bitsadze Tariel
Mr. Gannosuke Gran Naniwa Volk Han
Jado Super Delfin
Gedo Magnum Tokyo
Mike Awesome Shima Nobunaga
Genichiro Tenryu Dragon Kid
Pancrase PRIDE Battlarts
Masakatsu Funaki Nobuhiko Takada Yuki Ishikawa
Yoshiki Takahashi Kazushi Sakuraba Alexander Otsuka
Minoru Suzuki Rumina Sato Daisuke Ikeda
Kengo Watanabe Enson Inoue Minoru Tanaka
Semmy Schilt
Legends 1 Legends 2 Legends 3
Jumbo Tsuruta Andre the Giant Antonio Inoki
Mil Mascaras Akira Maeda Tiger Mask
Terry Funk Aleksandr Karelin Naoya Ogawa
Dory Funk Jr. Rickson Gracie Riki Chosu
Terry Gordy Mark Kerr Don Frye
Dr. Death Bas Rutten Atsushi Onita
Bruiser Brody The Great Muta Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Abdullah the Butcher Ultimo Dragon
2. Hidden moves, objects, etc.
After you have powered your game on approximately 20 times, you will
see a black silhouette of Goldberg doing the jackhammer. This means
you have unlocked the moves from WCW/NWO Revenge, for use in Edit Mode.
Don't flip your power switch like a madman, because you paid way to
much for this cart to ruin it. I waited until I was about 15 seconds
into the introduction before I turned it off, then back on again.
After you have powered the game on for about the 40th time, you will
see Mankind doing his mandible claw. This means you have unlocked
hidden moves from Wrestlemania2000, for use in edit mode.
As you unlock hidden wrestlers, their moves will also be available in
edit mode.
I'm not sure if this happened or not, but in a Battle Royal it looked
like 2 computer opponents and I grabbed Vader at the same time, and we
executed a three man powerbomb. I'll verify this in the next update.
Andre the Giant is classified as a superheaviweight. This means you
can't give him many of the normal moves. Meaning that in the
animations you will really struggle to give him a back suplex, and
you'll fall down after you bodyslam him. Excellent animations here.
There's a new move series added in VPW2. When you run towards your
opponent, normally you would just hit B and do a striking move. The
new move (and very cool) is this: run towards your opponent and press
the A button to do a running grapple move (you pick the move in edit
mode). You can do two moves (on with the d-pad, or one without the d-
pad). Very sharp, especially Akiyama's suplex.
3. Hidden Wrestlers (unless specified, wrestlers are unlocked in RRS
(career) mode)
Coming Soon: A guide to tell you what month you are in, career mode.
Unlock Use, How
Abdullah Anyone, any mode, when someone bleeds
Great Muta Keiji Mutoh, play 10 exhibition mode matches
Ultimo Dragon Tokyo, Shiima, Dragon Kid, Play 15 exhibition matches
Jumbo Tsuruta Anyone, Win RRS mode
Terry Funk Anyone, Win tag tourney, special match
Dory Funk Anyone, Win tag tourney, special match
Terry Gordy Anyone, Win Real World Tag, special match
Andre the Giant Anyone, Win battle Royal
Mil Mascaras Any Junior (cruiser), Beat July
Bruiser Brody Stan Hansen, Beat May
Akira Maeda RINGS, Win RRS mode
Aleksandr Karelin Akira Maeda,Beat January
Rickson Gracie RINGS or PRIDE, Beat August
Mark Kerr PRIDE, Beat October
Bas Rutten Pancrase, Beat May
Antonio Inoki NJPW, Win RRS mode
Tiger Mask NJPW Jr. or Michinoku Pro, Beat January
Naoya Ogawa Shinya Hashimoto, Beat July
Ricki Chosu NJPW 1 or 2, or Onita, Beat January
Don Frye Chono, Inoki, Ogawa, Beat May
Atsushi Onita Chono, Sasaki, Muta, or FMW, Beat August
Yoshiaki Fujiwara Inoki, Pancrase, BattlArts,Beat October
4. Guide to shoot fighting
This is just a preliminary sketch of what I've learned so far. This
should be in full detail by March 1, 2000.
Shoot fighters can't throw or be thrown into the ropes. They can't do
specific moves from a strong grapple, and they can't jump off the
ropes. They can't pin their opponent either.
Short grapple + A: this is the same as normal wrestlers. You usually
have a belly to belly suplex, a knee strike to the body, repeating knee
strikes, and a choke take down.
Short grapple + B: this will do a combo. Push your D-pad in different
directions and press B to do different striking moves. Pressing the A
Button during the combo will cause you to do a short grapple move.
Long grapple: If you are successful with your grapple, you will
automatically take down your opponent, and mount him for punches to the
face. Press your B button rapidly to continue hitting your opponent.
Your D-pad can be used to control where you hit your opponent (face,
ribs, side of head). If you punch your opponent long enough, he will
turn over, and you can begin punching him in the back of the head. If
you press your A button while mounted, you will start fighting to get
an arm lock.
Short grapple, then R button: Hitting the R button shortly after a
successful grapple will cause you to automatically go behind your
opponent and take him down with a rear naked choke.
Long grapple to opponents back: You will take your opponent down from
behind, and mount him while he's face down. Press B button rapidly to
begin punching him in the back of the head.
To do your special: when your spirit is up, do a short grapple then hit
the toggle stick.
When your opponent is on the ground: press the L button to mount him
and begin punching.
5. Edit mode hints and secrets
To give anyone a mask in edit mode, simply push your D-pad to the right
when you are in the appearance menu on the first slot.
You can make a great Jushin Liger if you look hard enough in the mask
options!
6. The Major Players
Coming March 1, 2000.
7. Revision History
1.0 – Initial Post (2.18.00)
1.1 – Fixed spacing and spelling problems, added moves to Andre and
three man powerbomb, the running A move, and revision history.
(2.21.00).
Mail me at jvanetten@rich.com with any comments or questions.